HOOPER v. GILL

No. 1311, September Term, 1988.

79 Md. App. 437 (1989)

557 A.2d 1349

JAMES L. HOOPER v. JOHN GILL, ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

June 1, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen H. Sachsel (Paul Wiesenfeld on the brief), Rockville, for appellant.

John S. Vander Woude (Shirlie Norris Lake and Eccleston and Wolf on the brief), Baltimore, for appellees.

Argued before GILBERT, C.J., and BLOOM and WENNER, JJ.


GILBERT, Chief Judge.

Dr. James Hooper in 1980 retained John Gill, Jr., a partner in the law firm of Gill & Sippel, for defense against charges of medicaid fraud. Dr. Hooper discharged the firm in 1981. Soon thereafter, Gill & Sippel claimed that $5,400.00 was owing in unpaid legal fees.

According to Dr. Hooper, Gill threatened that he would take certain actions if the outstanding portion of the bill was not paid. Dr. Hooper alleged that Gill claimed...

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